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Browne, Sir Thomas. HYDRIOTAPHIA OR URNE-BURIALL. The Riverside Press, Boston, 1907.

Price: US$24.00 + shipping

Description: large 8vo. crimson sheepskin, stamped in gold. (xii), 54, (2) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 385 numbered copies. (Warde & Haas 72). Lacking the slipcase. Dampstaining throughout along the bottom edge and the lower spine. Lacking the spine. Front board detached. A poor copy. This edition of the Hydriotaphia reproduces the text of the first edition printed in 1658. Includes a woodcut border on the title page. The typography is by the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), who "was appreciated in his lifetime. In addition to several honorary degrees, in 1948 he was awarded a gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinction in the graphic arts. Over decades of accomplishment in which he designed approximately 500 books. Rogers literally defined the profession of book designing in the United States" (ANB). crimson sheepskin, stamped in gold

Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.

[ROGERS, Bruce] BROWNE, Thomas:. Hydriotaphia. Urne-Buriall or a Discourse of the Sepulchrall Urnes Lately Found in Norfolk [1658].. Boston: Riverside Press, 1907., 1907.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Copy no. 356 of 385. x, 1 leaf, 54 pp, 1 leaf. Original gilt-decorated sheepskin. Untrimmed. Front hinge cracked but holding. Small chip at head of spine. Old label on spine. Else Very Good, lacking slipcase.

Seller: Ted Kottler, Bookseller, Redondo Beach, CA, U.S.A.

Browne, Sir Thomas (D. of Physick); Riverside Press.. Hydriotaphia: Urne-Buriall. Or, A Discourse of the Sepulchrall Urnes lately found in Norfolk. Facsimile reprint of 1658 edition, published in 1907. Numbered 182 of 385 copies.. Cambridge, MA: Riverside Press., 1907.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 8vo. Full Gilt Red Leather, 54 pp. Letterpress on Deckled Rag, Illustrated Title Page. Good, with losses & tears at head and tail of spine, else Near Fine. Previous owner's signature inside cover.

Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.